Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 50 | |
| 1957 | 56 | |
| 1958 | 62 | |
| 1959 | 68 | |
| 1960 | 74 | |
| 1961 | 79 | |
| 1962 | 85 | |
| 1963 | 91 | |
| 1964 | 97 | |
| 1965 | 90 | |
| 1966 | 84 | |
| 1967 | 77 | |
| 1968 | 70 | |
| 1969 | 64 | |
| 1970 | 57 | |
| 1971 | 50 | |
| 1972 | 43 | |
| 1973 | 37 | |
| 1974 | 30 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Denis Law ranks #156 in Football
Denis Law ranks 156th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 308th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 895 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1956–1974 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes ballon d'or awards 1, first division titles 2, united goals 237, scotland goals 30.
Immediately ahead sits Giampiero Boniperti on 85.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Julián Álvarez on 85.6. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Denis Law GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Law stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Law comparisons
Denis Law — frequently asked
- Is Denis Law the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Denis Law ranks 156th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Denis Law's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Denis Law rank all time?
- 308th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 156th within Football.
- Denis Law vs Giampiero Boniperti: who ranks higher?
- Denis Law, on 85.6 against Giampiero Boniperti's 85.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.